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makeste ([personal profile] makeste) wrote2010-11-03 10:37 pm

KHR on a Wednesday!

Awesome. It's gonna be one of those weeks. :D


1. I want to cheer on Lambo here, but I feel like if I do, I'll sound like some sort of Lamaze coach. "PUSH! PUUUUUUSH! THAT'S IT, YOU'RE ALMOST THERE!!" That's a bit awkward.

--oh HELL YES. I don't even know what is happening! BUT I LOVE IT. We're winning, right? It looks like we are.


2. Yep! Okay, wow. DUDES. I'M PRETTY SURE LAMBO JUST WON HIS FIGHT IN LIKE TWO SECONDS.

WHAT THE FLYING FUCK. IS THIS EVEN KHR OR IS THIS SOME SORT OF BEAUTIFUL, TERRIBLE JOKE.

OH SNAP. WELL, IF IT IS, PLEASE DON'T WAKE ME UP.

Stay right here, everyone. I'll go and cue up Kool and the Gang and we can lol it up at Tsuna and Gokudera's victory expressions together.


3. Omigosh. Shimon babies!! LORDY LORDY, THEY ARE SO CUTE.

Poor Large. I don't know what it is with this family and monologuing, but hey, just so long as it makes you feel better, pal.

And here comes the creepy brigade, right on schedule.


4. So are we to understand, then, that the first key was a purse and the second is a flower? Just how romantic are these flashbacks going to get? Who wants to bet that the third key is a box of chocolates?

Also, thanks so much for confirming that Yamamoto is still unconscious, Amano. WE APPRECIATE IT, REALLY. As everyone knows, it's much better to be firmly grounded in cruel, cruel reality than to cling to our flimsy, foolish hopes.

And did Aoba and Ryohei just cease to exist, or is the Vindice prison so utterly abandon-hope-all-ye-who-enter-here that not even the fruitiest of magical plot flashbacks can penetrate its depths?


5. NOOOO, NOT FRANCO. 8( WHY FRANCO HAS GOTTEN INTO THIS. IT'S BECAUSE HE DIDN'T GIVE THEM 90 PERCENT OFF. DAMN IT ALL. (If this flashback was trying to be dramatic, I think it lost something in the translation. XD)

Also, Cozart, you are going to drown in that hat.


6. lol. "We must form a vigilante group! It's the only way! But in order to do so, we'll need powerful leadership... like a 'sky' that can 'wrap up' the various other elements." I cannot believe he actually used the goddamn metaphor. My one regret is that he did not accompany it with air quotes. But in my headcanon he totally did.

The discussion that ensues afterward is pretty funny too. "Shimon Primo was involved in the creation of the Vongola?! IMPOSSIBLE." "WELL, DUH, it's because the Vongola boss is always the best!" "NO WAY, MY BOSS IS TOTES BETTER THAN YOUR BOSS." "OH YEAH, WELL IF YOU HADN'T NOTICED, MY BOSS'S GUARDIAN TOTALLY JUST BEAT YOUR ASS." Heehee. Point, Gokudera.


7. sdfaskldjl Lambo. ._. Your words move me deep within my soul. I FEEL ALL WARM AND FUZZY ALL OF A SUDDEN. AND EVEN LARGE LOOKED LIKE HE GOT A LITTLE SECOND-HAND JESUSED THERE. AWWW.

P.S. TSUNA AND GOKUDERA, YOU FAIL AT HAVING APPROPRIATE EMOTIONAL REACTIONS. >(


8. Sometimes I wonder what the TYL!Vongola do when baby!Lambo pops up at random in their midst. It appears that this time, they responded with, "Oh. Lambo. ...Uh, here, have some corn."


9. AHHH OMG AHHHHH YAMAMOTO YAMAMOTO YAMAMOTO

YOU GUYS, IF I TYPED OUT ALL THE EXCLAMATION POINTS THAT ARE RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD RIGHT NOW

IT WOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BUT ENDLESS.


10. --!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BYAKURAN

AND YAMAMOTO

BYAKURAN

AND YAMAMOTO

WHAT IS HAPPENING??! WHAT IS HAPPENING!!!

OH MY GOD MY BRAIN IS SO FUCKING PUNK'D RIGHT NOW

SWEET BABY JESUS I LOVE THIS MANGA.


On an unrelated note, I have a to-do list of posts, including a write-up of my rally experience (IT WAS AWESOME), the rest of my trick-or-treat dares, and some various other memeish things. There's like 12 of them in all. We'll see how this goes. XD

And Happy Belated Birthday to [livejournal.com profile] yukari_rin, [livejournal.com profile] juniormint, and [livejournal.com profile] mycolor! I hope good times were had. ♥

[identity profile] riotpunkdance.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
I think I had the same reaction you did with Byakuran appearing at Yamamoto's bedside...(for all the wrong reasons...but the same)!

4. So are we to understand, then, that the first key was a purse and the second is a flower? Just how romantic are these flashbacks going to get? Who wants to bet that the third key is a box of chocolates?

^This is my favorite part. I am waiting for the box of chocolates now!

[identity profile] amberrei.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
And the fourth will be a wedding ring. ù_ù <3 Haters gonna hate.

I will comment properly later orz
lacewood: (drrr: baby i'm bulletproof)

[personal profile] lacewood 2010-11-04 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
OH MY GOD THAT LAST PAGE. THAT LAST PAGE. FINE, AMANO. YOU WIN THIS ROUND, MADAM.

(Byakuran, don't you DARE fuck Yamamoto's shit up even more shkdsgakfhdsf)

[identity profile] vazavati.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
BYAKURAN. HELL YES.

I didn't think that anything could beat "Lambo won??? :D" or "This fight ISN'T going to drag on for another three chapters??? :D :D :D" or "Amano remembered Yamamoto existed???????? :D :D :D :D :D" but

but

Byakuraaaaaaaaaaaan~~♥♥♥ This can only be good sparkling news.

Also, the climax of the Shimon/Vongola flashback'll involve a botched and/or rejected marriage proposal. The last key is the engagement ring. Which probably has magical powers, Idk.

[identity profile] ekmisao.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
I also came into this chapter spoiler-less...and left it saying Nooooooooooooo!

Not a Faustian deus-ex-machina like this. No.

And yet I can't seem to leave, because I want to sadistically know what happens.

can't be bothered logging into my main pshaw

[identity profile] spanamacchina.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
AMANO I WAS LOSING FAITH IN THE MANGA AND YOU JUST BROUGHT ME AROUND YOU AMAZING WOMAN.

Mainly because Yamamoto is back.

But nnnngh. I think Byakuran is going to pull a Genkishi!Jesus on him and heal him and if that happens and I don't get my Yamamoto character development, I'm going to BE REALLY SAD :(
The way it's turning out, he's probably going to appear on the island, Yamamoto in tow. And when Tsuna goes all flabbergasted and WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE Byakuran's probably going to smile and be all I'LL TRADE HIM FOR SHOU-CHAN ~ ♥ !!

Also, Lambo should teach Ryohei how to win a chapter in a fight, and come out relatively unscathed. The boy needs lessons.

Cozart and Giotto's level of gay is causing me to giggle rather uncontrollably at this point whenever I see them. Good grief. "Like sky that can wrap up rain, storm and even sun!" (nice to know that Giotto only thought of those elements; clearly he is not good bros with his other guardians) "THERE'S NO ONE BUT YOU, GIOTTO ;A; "
I was really expecting something alone the lines of "OH COOOOZART ~" "I-I LOVE YOU MAN" after that page, but it was only Gokudera exclaiming how fucking awesome Tsuna is - which I'm still okay with, so.
(Paolo's shed must have been some gay glory hole. I mean, why else would people be chillin' there, dropping their wallets all over the place :/ )

:c
Shimon, y u got to have a pet the dog moment? I was fine with not liking you, and now I feel like that reason is simply not good enough. They're so cute tiny.

Sorry for the stupidly long comment.

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
I think I had the same reaction you did with Byakuran appearing at Yamamoto's bedside

CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC GLEE? 8D

I am waiting for the box of chocolates now!

I can't wait for Gokudera to win his fight (BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW HE WILL), so I can be all, "YEP, I CALLED IT."

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
WELL PLAYED, AMANO. One more move like this and I will officially go back to treating this arc like the Ryohei fight never happened. BYAKURAN IS LIKE YOUR GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD. Speaking of which, I WONDER HOW HE APPARENTLY GOT OUT OF JAIL FREE.

And I will remain cautiously optimistic about his intentions, both because an unJesused KHR villain cameoing in the next arc is unprecedented, and because I cannot possibly see how Yamamoto's situation could get any worse shot of killing him, which obviously CANNOT HAPPEN, so therefore this must be part of some INSANE SCHEME to improve his circumstances somehow! RIGHT? At least, that's what I'm telling myself.

[identity profile] beruichi.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
lol i had the same reaction when i saw those last two pages. XD i was like OMG YAMAMOTOOOOOOOOO all teary-eyed but holding back my laughter like crazy. WTF was Byakuran doing there, IDEK. is that even present!Byakuran or TYL!Byakuran? It looks like the angel of death has come to take Mocchan away. NOOOOOOOOOOOO.

MOCCHAN HAS TO FUCKING WAKE UP IN THE NEXT CHAPTER AAAAARGHHHH.

...now that I got that out of my system, I must say I'm loving Lambo more than ever. (≧ω≦) he got all fuzzy and mushy with his feelings last chappy and now he delivers that "I've never thought of him as my boss, but I think he's a great nii-chan" speech. Awwwwwwwwww. ♥
I love the thought that TYL!Tsuna doesn't act like a boss and treats his family like family.

THANK YOU AMANO. I AM SATISFIED FOR THE WEEK. +。:.゚ヽ(´∀`。)ノ゚.:。+゚

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
ヘ(^_^ヘ)(ノ^_^)ノ

Man, I know. This arc is really on a roll. And given the magnificent set-up we now have for the next chapter, it looks like things are going to get even better. If Amano insists on this kind of good-bad karmic rollercoaster ride where in exchange for a half-dozen really disappointing chapters, we get a half-dozen or so REALLY FUCKING AWESOME ones, I have to say, it was more than worth it.

And you are the second person to suggest that a wedding/engagement ring will inevitably be one of the keys, and I really have to agree. XD And of course it has magical powers--this is KHR, after all.
lacewood: (drrr: got you in my sights)

[personal profile] lacewood 2010-11-04 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
I don't recall, he died in the TYL future but did anyone mention what happened to him NOW? Also, given that he appears to have glowing eyes AND wings, maybe he's a ghost. Or... something. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT AMANO IS DOING, I JUST REALLY WANT THE NEXT CHAPTER.

It's true, even if Byakuran doesn't seem too Jesus-ed, there is nothing he can do to Yamamoto that would contribute to the plot apart from MAKE HIM BETTER (or so I hope). The burning question is... what amazing implausible reason is Amano going to come up with for that???

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Faustian

...are you implying Yamamoto will have to sell his soul to Byakuran. Because now I can't get that fic concept out of my head. XD

BUT AWW, C'MON, IT'LL BE GREAT! BYAKURAN TAKING YAMAMOTO ON A JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST TO TEACH HIM THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS. FUCK YEAH, I AM ALL ABOUT THAT.

[identity profile] vazavati.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
I'm just waiting for people to mistake Magical Shiny Vongola Objects for normal stuff and catch flack for it. "God damn it, that spatula has the ability to transform dinner into guardian spirits representing the soul of the person who cooked the food! Don't use it to get cookie dough out of the bowl!" "Who took my hairbrush? It's a knowledge transfer device and also it turns into a scimitar!" Etc., etc.

Soon, we will see the saddest Valentine's Day a Vongola boss has ever celebrated. Sitting at home with champagne and candlelight and 'I Love You for Sentimental Reasons' playing. Sobbing into his discarded suitjacket.

[identity profile] celestes55.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. YAMAMOTO. AND BYAKURAN (WITH WINGS?!?!).

LASKJDF;ALSJDF;LASJFAS WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING.

Between this and the new Naruto (and the fact that I've been in a baseball haze for the past freaking month), my brain has officially melted.

I liked Lambo calling Tsuna a great nii-chan...it tied in nicely with his feelings from last week.

4. So are we to understand, then, that the first key was a purse and the second is a flower? Just how romantic are these flashbacks going to get? Who wants to bet that the third key is a box of chocolates?

And this is why I totally can't take these Primo flashbacks seriously anymore. I know it's like the whole reason for this arc and stuff, but I'm just kicking back and enjoying them for the hilarious wtf factor now.

Re: can't be bothered logging into my main pshaw

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
LOOK AT HER, REGAINING THE FANDOM'S AFFECTIONS SO EFFORTLESSLY. I would say we are easily bought, but the truth is, she totally earned it. Between Lambo's awesome characterization this week and last, Yamamoto's return, and HOLY SHIT BYAKURAN, this has been two chapters of solid awesome.

Though now that you mention it, I suppose there are any number of ways she could still go wrong here. Cheating us out of the Yamamoto character development we were all anticipating (although to be fair, I wouldn't count her out on that just yet--so far the character development for Gokudera, Tsuna, Ryohei, and Lambo (I still can't believe it) has been phenomenal, so it seems like she's really on a roll in that department), or cutting away back to Tsuna and co. and leaving us hanging on the whole Byakuran/Yama situation until Yamamoto just APPEARS on Shimon Island in that deux ex machina-y fashion of his and explains what happens through flashbacks. :/

Byakuran's probably going to smile and be all I'LL TRADE HIM FOR SHOU-CHAN ~ ♥ !!

...though if this happens, I will forgive everything once again. XD

Lol, agreed about Lambo and Ryohei. And hell, forget winning a fight unscathed--how about winning a fight in less than half a dozen chapters? Ryohei should have stuck to his time limit method of fighting after all.

Two flashbacks in, and Giotto and Cozart are already married. It's got to be a record. And we'll always have Paolo to thank for introducing them.

And haha, my favorite was little Aoba. I gotta say, though, it sure was surreal seeing a version of Adelheid that did not feature boobs. XD

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
If it weren't for all-caps and the ability to bold font in outrageously large sizes, I don't know how I would have coped with a revelation like this. IT WAS THAT SHOCKING. And I'm assuming it's present!Byakuran, since TYL!Byakuran is presumably dead. TYE!Byakuran was locked away in that island prison, though. Though I thought that destroying the Mare rings had sealed away all of his kooky powers for good, and it appears not, so who even knows what the hell's going on now.

MOCCHAN HAS TO FUCKING WAKE UP IN THE NEXT CHAPTER

I AGREE WITH THIS SENTIMENT. Has it really only been 20 chapters since he was KOed by Kaoru? It seems like a lifetime. ;_;

Lambo is awesome. And I agree, I'm happy TYL!Lambo thinks of Tsuna as family rather than as a boss. It's what Tsuna would prefer, after all. (Which is another reason why I'm surprised he had such a WTF reaction to it. XD)

KEEP IT UP, AMANO! YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD IS RIGHT.

Hmm, I should catch up with Naruto. I kind of spaced out sometime during the HOW-MANY-CHAPTERS-CAN-A-FLASHBACK-BE-BEFORE-IT-QUALIFIES-AS-ITS-OWN-DAMN-ARC Yondaime Gaiden. XD But this sure seems to be a good week for shounen manga; One Piece was epic too. AH, IT'S GOOD TO BE ALIVE.

Lol, and just wait--by the end of this arc it will have been revealed that the real reason the Shimon family has hated the Vongola for all these years is because Giotto got cold feet and left Cozart at the altar on their wedding day. XD

[identity profile] spanamacchina.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
It's only because Yamamocchan is my favourite :c
I felt a little teary, seeing his face. He looks better, the last time we saw him his face was c-covered in blood.

I really hope we won't be cheated out of it. Because I just - uh. If he was potentially crippled, it would just lead to so much interesting stuff... I can't decide whether I want him to be alright or not! Because if he was crippled he has to deal with that feeling of being useless which hasn't happened since he broke his arm, and he'd wonder about whether Gokudera thought he was useless to the Vongola and - just. Wow. It would be so intense, you know? I really hope she doesn't take the easy way out by having Byakuran heal him.
Though Byakuran is like - the world's biggest creep. And he's on Yamamoto's bed. Eeep.

It's too bad that Franco had to be so badly injured for their love to flourish. I'll always remember Franco. ALWAYS.

Woah, you're SO RIGHT. Interesting that Julie isn't there, same with Shitt. P, and ... whatever that guy who hurt Yamamoto was called. Kaoru. I think. I really don't care for him haha!
Just makes it seem like those four had been together a lot when kids. Which implies that Julie wormed his way in like the creeper he is. Shitt. P probably dropped out of the sky one day, and I like to think they kind of adopted Kaoru haha, since he's so silent.

[identity profile] kat8cha.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
:D

I'm just happy Byakuran is back. I don't have to give up hope and stop reading.

HEAL YAMAMOTO WITH YOUR HEALING cock WINGS.
way2dawn: Riku smiling on the Dark Beach (Gokudera/*grin*)

[personal profile] way2dawn 2010-11-04 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
2. LAMBO ACTUALLY KICKING ASS, IT IS WORTHY OF CAPS.

4.I did snerk at the flower.

5. Does this mean I can start shipping Paolo/Franco now? What a heartrending tragedy XD

6. Gokudera 1, Large 0.

7. D'awwww :')

8. But corn is good for beef XD Gokudera commenting on how stressful it was to watch Lambo's fight also made me d'aww a bit.

9. Yamamotoooooooooooooooo!

10. Why does it look like Byakuran is sitting on Yama's bed. This hurts my brain. Of course, by brain is already out to lunch with Byakuran showing up again in general, especially since he looks like the TYL version. Also, why am I getting awful Genkishi flashbacks again :|

AMANO IS BRILLIANT ONCE AGAIN.
Edited 2010-11-04 05:59 (UTC)

[identity profile] windgoddess688.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
.........askdljf;aklsdjfakldjfakjflsk;f i'll read the rest of this chapter i swear, but i had to comment first

keyboard smash...in fact, let me literally hit my head against the keyboard and see what happens

ujyy7u

hm...that wasn't as epic as i thought it would be....

i'll have you know i screamed so hard that i hurt my throat when i scrolled and saw that byakuran somehow came back. i think he's in some ghost form though cuz he doesn't seem to be quite...er...normal looking in that last panel o_O

i haven't screamed that hard since....two weeks ago when i found out Capcom and Level 5 were combining their god-like forces to create a Professor Layton x Phoenix Wright game.

I look forward to your post about the rally!!!

[identity profile] draconianangel.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
9 & 10. DITTO!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I screamed a little in my m-mouth when I saw the spoilers.

brb catching up on KHR. :|b

[identity profile] nilly-chan.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
OH FUCK WHERE HAVE I BEEN. HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU?

Oh. Right. I've been in Japan. And at work before that.

I WAS LIKE "WTF? BYAKURAN? WAT."

THIS MANGA IS STILL SO MESSED UP, IDEK ANYMORE.

[identity profile] storm-obsession.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, since I read the spoilers the Byakuran thing wasn't much of a surprise, but there is something we should be more worried about.
This Byakuran has the gay purple tattoo. Which is equivalent to telling all of us "THIS GUY IS EVIL. BAD. BAAAAD." Since when he became "good" in the anime he didn't have that gay tattoo anymore.
Which is bad.
Unless, something weird happens like, uh, Byakuran replaces this Yamamoto with a parallel world's Yamamoto. For some screwed twisted reason.

...Yes, I'm worried.

[identity profile] makeste.livejournal.com 2010-11-04 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
<3 <3 <3

WELCOME BACK, MURDERER OF BILLIONS AND DESTROYER OF WORLDS! We missed you. ♥

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